ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,730, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Xyall B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Dissection apparatus" was invented by Albert Brals (Beek en Donk, Netherlands), Antonius Henricus Bernardus Maria Koppen (Nuenen, Netherlands), Edwin Johannes Richardus Wilhelmus Thijssen (Oeffelt, Netherlands) and Thomas Patrick Anne-Lise Lembrechts (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments are directed to a dissection tool for mechanical removal of biological material from a tissue sample on a planar substrate, such a glass slide including a platform for supporting the glass slide and a positioning system configured to move t...